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i need go back to ronald reagan's strategy, it works. host: our first caller decried the inability of the senate to pass legislation about the outsourcing of jobs. i would guess you would disagree with her. caller: i mean the outsourcing of jobs is basically because they're jumping ship. they can't operate in this country under all these regulations and government taxes and all the control and now we want toed a even more to the pot and expect everything to produce and to run smoothly and raise taxes on top of that? by design, america, what is left of her, is being destroyed. host: next up is philadelphia. joe is an independent there. go ahead, please, joe. caller: yes, good morning. thanks for taking my call. i wear a reflector -- reflective of the previous caller. most world war ii, we were the ace -- post-world war two, we were the greatest nation on earth. they told us the russians and the chinese were going to annihilate us as a society. we had all these jobs after world war ii and all these politicians got hold of making our lives
i need go back to ronald reagan's strategy, it works. host: our first caller decried the inability of the senate to pass legislation about the outsourcing of jobs. i would guess you would disagree with her. caller: i mean the outsourcing of jobs is basically because they're jumping ship. they can't operate in this country under all these regulations and government taxes and all the control and now we want toed a even more to the pot and expect everything to produce and to run smoothly and raise...
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the fact that you use ronald reagan as an icon, and not mention ever that ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times during his tenure, so yes, there was success during a number of his years. you never mentioned the wars, and the obscene money that has gone out of the door for these illegal occupations that started under george bush. you do not mention taking care of the doughnut hole, the legal occupations. host: let's get some response. a lot on the table there. guest: thank you for calling. i am glad you get a kick out of me. let me take on one issue about ronald reagan raising taxes. there were 11 attacks raises, but which tax raises, -- tax raises, but when he took office, the economy was in a freefall. what i find annoying is obama and his advisers say he took over during the greatest recession since the great depression, but reagan took over during an even greater economic crisis. i graduated from college and could not get a job as a burger flipper. that was a brutal decade. reagan brought inflation down. we stabilize the currency under paul volcker and ronald reagan. by the way, mos
the fact that you use ronald reagan as an icon, and not mention ever that ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times during his tenure, so yes, there was success during a number of his years. you never mentioned the wars, and the obscene money that has gone out of the door for these illegal occupations that started under george bush. you do not mention taking care of the doughnut hole, the legal occupations. host: let's get some response. a lot on the table there. guest: thank you for calling. i am...
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voted for ronald reagan. -- it did not sound like somebody who voted for ronald reagan. it was a series of talking points. out by the obama campaign. i cannot think of anything to say. host: this politico story talks about a poll from earlier this summer and that americans trust obama over mitt romney on social issues. 52% to 36%, according to an ap poll from june. what makes you think republicans want to have the social argument? guest: a more specific question came up from the gallup organization about a month ago right after people were digesting the fact obama had endorsed same-sex marriage. they asked voters if his support of same-sex marriage makes you more or less likely to vote for mr. obama. although it was divided 50/50 as to whether people supported same-sex marriage or not, twice as many voters said it made it less likely. that is the bread and butter of elections, what really moves the vote. in north carolina, they had a referendum during the primaries. same-sex marriage and civil unions were rej
voted for ronald reagan. -- it did not sound like somebody who voted for ronald reagan. it was a series of talking points. out by the obama campaign. i cannot think of anything to say. host: this politico story talks about a poll from earlier this summer and that americans trust obama over mitt romney on social issues. 52% to 36%, according to an ap poll from june. what makes you think republicans want to have the social argument? guest: a more specific question came up from the gallup...
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he didn't have the votes then, ronald reagan, in his second term. if he didn't have them then, you won't need them now. you don't need a department of education, you need some federal responsibility in education but it could be minimal. when i was secretary, we did a poll, a survey, of all our grant recipients and we asked them to evaluate the program, the program that got the best grades, the bloc grant to the states. we take the money, we take our cut out, and send it back to them. that's the program they felt was the best. people said why did you take it in the first place, why don't you leave it there. host: from virginia, good morning. caller: good morning. i'm just sitting here amazed and outraged by the assertions that the former secretary is making. number one, blaming the obama administration for the mess in the middle east, because of obama's polices, as i recall a year ago, condoleezza rice and the other members of the bush administration were tripping over one another to claim that they were the ones responsible for the arab uprising, th
he didn't have the votes then, ronald reagan, in his second term. if he didn't have them then, you won't need them now. you don't need a department of education, you need some federal responsibility in education but it could be minimal. when i was secretary, we did a poll, a survey, of all our grant recipients and we asked them to evaluate the program, the program that got the best grades, the bloc grant to the states. we take the money, we take our cut out, and send it back to them. that's the...
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he points out to the history of some of these agreements, most notably with ronald reagan in the 1980's and president bush in 1991 in which republicans agreed to spending cuts that never happened while raising taxes. guest: that's right. there's a little confusion about how much spending cuts happened. it's the same sort of formula both sides are pursuing this time. you lock in the tax increases on the front end. then you come back later, six months, nine months, 12 months and find spending cuts in defense programs and set them into law. if you're among republicans is if you reach an agreement now and agree to tax increases, the spending cuts will get undone or never will be followed through on. that's one of the things that has held back talks, because republicans are skeptical that democrats will follow through. host: charles is on the independent line from colorado. caller: good morning, steve. i listened to it the myopic dogma in this segment over and over. the only people i can blame on this are the american people. the people who sit here and listen to these guys that are extrem
he points out to the history of some of these agreements, most notably with ronald reagan in the 1980's and president bush in 1991 in which republicans agreed to spending cuts that never happened while raising taxes. guest: that's right. there's a little confusion about how much spending cuts happened. it's the same sort of formula both sides are pursuing this time. you lock in the tax increases on the front end. then you come back later, six months, nine months, 12 months and find spending...
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host: let's talk about ronned -- ronald reagan for a minute. guest: i don't see constitutional problems with ronald reagan but with richard nixon. you have to call it straight. when a republican president messes around with the constitution, you have to say so and when the democratic president does as obama does now, you have to see that happen. host: fred barns, the real reagan out this morning from "the weekly standard" and inside, he points out this. reagan's own writings, the four elements of the conventional profile that he was uninformed, detached, dependent on advisors and lazy and in his piece, fred barnes points out not only his personal experience in interviews with ronald reagan in the 1980's but a number of books including the reagan diaries. guest: no, i knew reagan pretty well and i sometimes smile when i see these caricatures of him. he was very well informed. a lot of intellectuals think is that if you are smart and well informed, you have to be agonistic. you have to be restless with ideas and sweating and so forth. reagan was
host: let's talk about ronned -- ronald reagan for a minute. guest: i don't see constitutional problems with ronald reagan but with richard nixon. you have to call it straight. when a republican president messes around with the constitution, you have to say so and when the democratic president does as obama does now, you have to see that happen. host: fred barns, the real reagan out this morning from "the weekly standard" and inside, he points out this. reagan's own writings, the four...
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ronald reagan, he made a really big push to hold the senate that when he won the white house. and democrats retook the senate that year. he made what his advisors called an unprecedent push to elected vice president. in 1988, bill clinton was president in 1994 when the democrats lost the house of the senate for the first time together in 40 years. and his second term fund raising was driven in part by a few things. one of the more interesting story is it eclipses any president that i've studied. when bill clinton was re-elected, the d.n.c. was in debt. he wanted to try to win back the house in the senate that had been lost for the first time on his watch. he wanted to help elect vice president to the presidency and he wanted to try to elect his wife to the senate. on top >> on top of that, if the impeachment proceedings. he was active on the campaign trail. it could have changed the whole complexion of proceedings on capitol hill. it was remarkable extent to which president clinton dedicated himself to the second term. he did not have to. i imagine president obama will as well
ronald reagan, he made a really big push to hold the senate that when he won the white house. and democrats retook the senate that year. he made what his advisors called an unprecedent push to elected vice president. in 1988, bill clinton was president in 1994 when the democrats lost the house of the senate for the first time together in 40 years. and his second term fund raising was driven in part by a few things. one of the more interesting story is it eclipses any president that i've...
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i just can't say enough good about ronald reagan i just can't. the first president i over voted for was gerald ford. i was very proud to cast a vote for gerald ford. had he run for president, i really think mike huckabee would have gone down in history as being a great president had he not backed out and decided not to run. host: other stories making news news this is traditionally tech today but it is a sunday. taxes are due to the federal government and state government on tuesday, april 17. :"cq weekly" is focusing on taxes -- it says main street retailers are being put at a disadvantage. the congress is focusing this week as they returned from a two-week recess, on taxes. bellevue, fla., democrats lined -- caller: good morning, i would have to say harry s. truman for a variety of reasons. he truly integrated the united states armed forces and as much as he took the minority population in the armed forces and brought them into the mainstream whereas prior to his administration, their tasks and the meal. -- had been menial. he incorporated tusk
i just can't say enough good about ronald reagan i just can't. the first president i over voted for was gerald ford. i was very proud to cast a vote for gerald ford. had he run for president, i really think mike huckabee would have gone down in history as being a great president had he not backed out and decided not to run. host: other stories making news news this is traditionally tech today but it is a sunday. taxes are due to the federal government and state government on tuesday, april 17....
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caller: i'm glad you brought ronald reagan. while reagan said -- ronald reagan said the american people treat you right. we do not need unions. that was the biggest untrue thing he ever said while in office. they are not hiring black people. period. --e called for in kentucky. i have called for it in kentd in kentucky. they are not hiring black people. guest: look, i think many americans want the services the government delivers. they want veterans to be dealt with fairly. they want support for older americans. they want things done to protect the food supply and the drinking water. now, is the just department doing enough about enforcing the laws? the department of labor enforcing the laws? we need to make sure that government has the capacity to honor the promises it makes. it is all part of the conversation that should be going on. fightgoing to have a big after inauguration day about the priorities of government as we decide whether to raise the debt ceiling. that's the big event of 2013. president obama knows it and candid
caller: i'm glad you brought ronald reagan. while reagan said -- ronald reagan said the american people treat you right. we do not need unions. that was the biggest untrue thing he ever said while in office. they are not hiring black people. period. --e called for in kentucky. i have called for it in kentd in kentucky. they are not hiring black people. guest: look, i think many americans want the services the government delivers. they want veterans to be dealt with fairly. they want support for...
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. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan opposing 1987 speech from west germany. also, this weekend on this3, our series the contenders. this sunday a 7:30 p.m.. republican candidate james lane. this weekend on c-span 3. blaine.es host: this is about revelations the u.s. and israel were a coubehind it. people have gotten agitated about this in recent days. guest: that was a big story. reporters and pundits had speculated about that for years. there was widespread belief that the u.s. and israel were probably behind it because it had done so much damage to the iranian centrifuges, apparently, but this story came out and quoted numerous officials as saying the obama administration signed on to a program begun by president bush called olympic games, which was very much a covert effort to launch cyber attacks. that was quite a huge newsbreak. so it has sort of reached a tipping point in this town where people on capitol hill in particular are wondering why we have had a number of leaks culminating about covert operations. previously ther
. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan opposing 1987 speech from west germany. also, this weekend on this3, our series the contenders. this sunday a 7:30 p.m.. republican candidate james lane. this weekend on c-span 3. blaine.es host: this is about revelations the u.s. and israel were a coubehind it. people have gotten agitated about this in recent days. guest: that was a big story. reporters and pundits had speculated about...
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as ronald reagan used to say, corporations do not pay taxes. people do. i think these institutions -- i would have a zero corporate income-tax rate. how would you make up the $600 billion in revenue? 30% tariff on all goods imported into the united states. toyotas imported into the united states, their price would go up. they would be told that if they moved manufacturing to the united states, they would pay zero income tax. i think the effect of this policy would be the reindustrialization of america in a very short period. host: mitt romney is said to give a big speech about his economic proposal today. segue more broadly into the gop contenders and how you think the bill is looking right now. guest: i think tuesday will be very important. if mitt romney takes both michigan and arizona, i think everyone will begin to say it's going to go on, but it is, for all intents and purposes, over that romney is going to win this. i think santorum has had a bad week. he has been hurt in a lot of ways. the has gotten too deep into social and cultural issues. i thin
as ronald reagan used to say, corporations do not pay taxes. people do. i think these institutions -- i would have a zero corporate income-tax rate. how would you make up the $600 billion in revenue? 30% tariff on all goods imported into the united states. toyotas imported into the united states, their price would go up. they would be told that if they moved manufacturing to the united states, they would pay zero income tax. i think the effect of this policy would be the reindustrialization of...
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host: you see ronald reagan watching the proceedings. there was a lot of back-and- forth and horsetrading great going into that convention, it was not clear that gerald ford would have enough delegates on the first ballot. if that did not happen, potentially pandemonium with the specter that convention hall. guest: yes, they would have made the party structure in november and they were only off by 2%. given all the things that gerald ford had coming in, a disastrous debate, a debatable choice as bob dole as a running mate and yet he only lost by 2points. ultimately, voters don't decide until late october and that could be the case this year. host: headline from " the new york times"--- many viewers say this is a fantasy. guest: mitt romney is way ahead in delegates. his lead will increase as time goes on and we move into these winner-take-all states like connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania, rhode island. these are the states are highly favorable toward mitt romney. it comes to the point where he will start getting so far ahead
host: you see ronald reagan watching the proceedings. there was a lot of back-and- forth and horsetrading great going into that convention, it was not clear that gerald ford would have enough delegates on the first ballot. if that did not happen, potentially pandemonium with the specter that convention hall. guest: yes, they would have made the party structure in november and they were only off by 2%. given all the things that gerald ford had coming in, a disastrous debate, a debatable choice...
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mortgage rates up to 20% under ronald reagan. i don't know why they keep talking about that man as being wonderful when he was not the best economic person around. host: who will you vote for in november? caller: right now i am not decided about anything. host: showing you some headlines with conflicting views of this -- next is lancaster, pennsylvania, don, an independent. caller: yes, susan. you might want to show a graphic in september of 2008 when they came and told congress the world was about to collapse. just think of that time and how on certain things were,. the doom and, obama, even though he's no day at the beach, has done a reasonable job for changing that amount. that was four years ago. so i think we are better off. i am better off and i think we are in general. host: citizen of the world on twitter asks, are we losing 800,000 jobs a month? next is westminster, california. leo, a democrat. caller: good morning. i am not worse off. i am retired, but we do have rentals. some of my renters are not doing quite so well.
mortgage rates up to 20% under ronald reagan. i don't know why they keep talking about that man as being wonderful when he was not the best economic person around. host: who will you vote for in november? caller: right now i am not decided about anything. host: showing you some headlines with conflicting views of this -- next is lancaster, pennsylvania, don, an independent. caller: yes, susan. you might want to show a graphic in september of 2008 when they came and told congress the world was...
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caller: ronald reagan lowered taxes and revenues fell. in the years that followed he raised taxes seven times or eight times, not as much as he cut? . he called them revenue enhancers. bill clinton raised taxes, george bush raised taxes. throughout this whole time people created jobs. the right says that if you tax the job creators, they will not create jobs anymore. historically think that that is not true. i would like to invite you to defend the proposition. guest: that is a great question. it is not rates to go up and down, it is a rate that encourages people to invest. we have made progress in dramatically cutting rates. but even a keynesian economist would argue that in our current situation, where stock without the bounce of growth that you typically get after a recession. the last thing that you want to get -- the last thing you want to do is raise taxes right now. one of these is spending. we have gone from 18% to 25% spending in gdp. changing the tax rates at this moment to change the jobs, even john maynard keynes would laugh t
caller: ronald reagan lowered taxes and revenues fell. in the years that followed he raised taxes seven times or eight times, not as much as he cut? . he called them revenue enhancers. bill clinton raised taxes, george bush raised taxes. throughout this whole time people created jobs. the right says that if you tax the job creators, they will not create jobs anymore. historically think that that is not true. i would like to invite you to defend the proposition. guest: that is a great question....
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tip o'neill and ronald reagan got together and saved the program. sometimes you need to adjust to change the thing you care most about. tip o'neill did not sell off the democratic party by embracing that. if we do it in a responsible way that doesn't gut the program, i think the base of the party will understand. the alternative is doing nothing with bad damage to the economy, or the right wing of the republicans coming in and taking over and their answer to the solution would be much more draconian. host: jack in kentucky. caller: i have one question. can you guarantee -- guest: i thought you're going to ask why indiana university and kentucky and not playing basketball this year. for the first time they are now playing and we are rivals. i cannot talk about classified information on tv. things like stinger missiles are very problematic and we do everything we can to keep track of them. muammar gaddafi stockpiles of weapons, surface- to-air missiles and we're doing everything to track those down and secure them. the region was awash in those things
tip o'neill and ronald reagan got together and saved the program. sometimes you need to adjust to change the thing you care most about. tip o'neill did not sell off the democratic party by embracing that. if we do it in a responsible way that doesn't gut the program, i think the base of the party will understand. the alternative is doing nothing with bad damage to the economy, or the right wing of the republicans coming in and taking over and their answer to the solution would be much more...
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the same comments jimmy co arter supporters said about ronald reagan. the cold war ended and we had a lasting peace in america for a while. i am a follower of ronald reagan. i believe his theories and fought prove to be accurate. the president wants to take $1 trillion of the national defense budgets. that would put our military in a perilous circumstances and i don't think that is a wise thing to do. 13 appropriations bills that congress pass, only two promote economic growth. i think that is a twofer. i am with governor romney on that. host: this is a new ad narrated by morgan freeman. [video clip] >> every president in habits challenges. our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. there are still challenges to meet. the last thing we should do is turn back now. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. guest: i am a fan of morgan freeman when i go to the movies. i think the middle east and the arab spring makes that area more dangers. i think these challenges in libya are troubling. le
the same comments jimmy co arter supporters said about ronald reagan. the cold war ended and we had a lasting peace in america for a while. i am a follower of ronald reagan. i believe his theories and fought prove to be accurate. the president wants to take $1 trillion of the national defense budgets. that would put our military in a perilous circumstances and i don't think that is a wise thing to do. 13 appropriations bills that congress pass, only two promote economic growth. i think that is...
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when ronald reagan got into office, he started regulating everything. before he got out of office, missouri was losing its shoe factories. in 1991, our factory closed and sold as several others. -- and so did several others. these people are not for the american people. they are out for the rich people in this country and i think it is sad when a democrat gets into office, they turn into bullies. they don't want the democrats to get a thing done. i think it is so pathetic. they are getting paid to work for this country and instead they are just a bunch of bullies. host: what about her sentiment? guest: i think vice president joe biden is interested in these issues. one thing he has worked and in the by president say is a task force or a commission -- in the vice presidency is a task force to work on this. these issues about jobs being exported and jobs leaving and about diminished security for the middle-class -- the questions that joe biden has thought a lot about. at a general level, he would be quite comfortable talking about this with paul ryan and
when ronald reagan got into office, he started regulating everything. before he got out of office, missouri was losing its shoe factories. in 1991, our factory closed and sold as several others. -- and so did several others. these people are not for the american people. they are out for the rich people in this country and i think it is sad when a democrat gets into office, they turn into bullies. they don't want the democrats to get a thing done. i think it is so pathetic. they are getting paid...
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ronald reagan, three times. host: the circumstances under which presidents used it very greatly -- vary greatly. guest: some presidents' use it not that often. this is the first time for president obama. president clinton was faced with a number of special prosecuting investigations and congressional investigation that were large scale. he claimed it quite often. host: we invite you to be part of our conversation about executive decision. our phone lines are open. 202-737-0002 for republicans. 202-737-0001 for democrats. 202-628-0205 for independents. you can send us an e-mail or a tweet. guest: we have a relatively recent court decision in the previous administration, a claim of privilege about the skin of u.s. attorneys being fired for partisan reasons. a judge decided that the bush administration had been wrong and they had to enter questions from congress on this. that was a startling departure. host: did it limit the concept of the powers? guest: i would say it was particular to that case. the bush white ho
ronald reagan, three times. host: the circumstances under which presidents used it very greatly -- vary greatly. guest: some presidents' use it not that often. this is the first time for president obama. president clinton was faced with a number of special prosecuting investigations and congressional investigation that were large scale. he claimed it quite often. host: we invite you to be part of our conversation about executive decision. our phone lines are open. 202-737-0002 for republicans....
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now, i'm 64 years old so i remember that ronald reagan came into office and he inherited an economic situation similar to that which obama inherited. the unemployment rate reached 10.8% early in his presidency. but his prescription was almost the exact opposite of obama's. his prescription was smaller government, lower taxes and less government regulation. and 3 1/2 years into his presidency, our economy was creating more than 300,000 jobs a month despite the fact that the population of the country was smaller then than it is now. host: i'll stop you there. thank you for the call and the comment. mayor foxx said one of the pages that the romney campaign hopes to use in 2012, a comparison to what jimmy carter gave ronald reagan and what george w. bush gave barack obama. guest: well, you know, i think i'd like to see that comparison because the thing that ronald reagan did not inherit was the worst recession in 70 years. and that makes all the difference. because simultaneously, what the president had to do was to try to keep the economy from going off the deep end and then to quickly
now, i'm 64 years old so i remember that ronald reagan came into office and he inherited an economic situation similar to that which obama inherited. the unemployment rate reached 10.8% early in his presidency. but his prescription was almost the exact opposite of obama's. his prescription was smaller government, lower taxes and less government regulation. and 3 1/2 years into his presidency, our economy was creating more than 300,000 jobs a month despite the fact that the population of the...
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because i'm a conservative like ronald reagan, i believe in immigration. there's a fundamental problem with what some of this caller is saying. i don't think they represent the majority of republicans. fact, if you see all the polling for the american people, democrats and republicans, they favor border security, they also favor legal zation and a robust worker program. the reality is nobody likes to enter illegally. the problem is that we have a market need, a labor market need for foreign workers. in certain sectors of our economy. there are certain jobs that americans don't want to do or frankly jobs where no americans of working age to do it. our society is aging. so we need to find a way to fix the system so people can come here legally. we don't like illegal immigration. i don't think even undocumented immigrants like illegal immigration. guest: i agree with that. guest: so we need to fix the system so people can come in the country to work legally and in a dignified way. but because of the unions a mechanism that would allow for the legal flow of wo
because i'm a conservative like ronald reagan, i believe in immigration. there's a fundamental problem with what some of this caller is saying. i don't think they represent the majority of republicans. fact, if you see all the polling for the american people, democrats and republicans, they favor border security, they also favor legal zation and a robust worker program. the reality is nobody likes to enter illegally. the problem is that we have a market need, a labor market need for foreign...
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i think ronald reagan fell for that, and we saw what happened. he did not get the tax cuts. the first to george bush famously fell into that argument. he never got the tax cuts. foamy ones come awful me twice, do not fool me three times. the answer is not raising taxes on any segment of the economy when you are in a recession. i am not sure why president obama has taint his philosophy now. guest: what do you think of mitt romney? guest: i think he has a great chance of winning the election down the road. his plan is more in line with those small business owners who create jobs in the economy than bank i think we will be able to see success in november and success at next year. for all of these people looking to see more job creation and unemployment going down, i think you will see we will get some of these changes. host: sue is a republican. good morning. caller: one in seven people are that the.amps and th then the we have one in seven americans getting a food stamp card. then they are running commercials on how you can get on disability. they go from medicaid to medicare
i think ronald reagan fell for that, and we saw what happened. he did not get the tax cuts. the first to george bush famously fell into that argument. he never got the tax cuts. foamy ones come awful me twice, do not fool me three times. the answer is not raising taxes on any segment of the economy when you are in a recession. i am not sure why president obama has taint his philosophy now. guest: what do you think of mitt romney? guest: i think he has a great chance of winning the election down...
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he's to work for ronald reagan. is there a way -- are you doing anything to get into the race cycle with obama and romney? host: what do you say? guest: right now i'm excluded from the first debate. the commission is the presidential debate commission and that is private and made up of republicans and democrats with no interest in seeing a third voice on stage. we have filed three lawsuits to get me on stage based on other third-party candidates who have filed lawsuits. there doesn't seem to be much hope. we filed on the antitrust round, something that has not been done before. host: how much do these debates matter and what are you looking for to hearing on wednesday? guest: the debates are tandem tantamount to me having a chance of winning. you can close the lid on winning the election. is winning getting enough votes to cause one of the other two who ends up winning to give more than just lip service to these issues? potentially. i view this as a victory every single day. there are so many people -- i think i spe
he's to work for ronald reagan. is there a way -- are you doing anything to get into the race cycle with obama and romney? host: what do you say? guest: right now i'm excluded from the first debate. the commission is the presidential debate commission and that is private and made up of republicans and democrats with no interest in seeing a third voice on stage. we have filed three lawsuits to get me on stage based on other third-party candidates who have filed lawsuits. there doesn't seem to be...
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the first president i really remember is ronald reagan. i do remember he used to have -- it was on tv once or twice a week. i did not realize he did not like to fly into a few minutes ago. that would explain why he was always on tv. he used to talk about policies he would want to put in or just to keep the american public informed. if the current president would do that, with that saving a lot of money from him traveling? he was in baltimore, maryland, the week before last. he caused such a headache because of the security issues. it would have been easier to go on tv even if just in the local market. it would have been easy to go on tv and talk about what he wanted to talk about. it does not matter if you are a republican or democrat president. it would save so much money if they would save the important trips for air force one and talk about policies on tv. guest: those are interesting point. i am aware of the trip to baltimore and the various other trips president obama has made. the caller mentioned president reagan. president reagan d
the first president i really remember is ronald reagan. i do remember he used to have -- it was on tv once or twice a week. i did not realize he did not like to fly into a few minutes ago. that would explain why he was always on tv. he used to talk about policies he would want to put in or just to keep the american public informed. if the current president would do that, with that saving a lot of money from him traveling? he was in baltimore, maryland, the week before last. he caused such a...
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guest: your complaint about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan put the deficit, as a -- ronald reagan put the deficit, as a percentage of the american gdp continue to decline. it was a small sliver of the american economy. the $16 trillion that has been built up over the last several years is a really onerous weight on the economy, and the $1 trillion deficit per year by obama, something like that -- obama has spent more money, added more to the debt than the accumulated presidents of the united states read "the wall street journal called -- the united states. reed "the wall street journal" as well as the "new york times" and you will find something out about the economy of the united states. host: south carolina. harold. thank you for waiting. caller: this guy here it is a pretty smart dude. he knows it all. he knows pretty good. what i want to comment about is about obama. first of all, he is not a socialist. i think he is a devout communist. that is what we are headed for if he gets in there again. the media, ok -- who owns the media? he said it exactly right. who owns the media? that
guest: your complaint about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan put the deficit, as a -- ronald reagan put the deficit, as a percentage of the american gdp continue to decline. it was a small sliver of the american economy. the $16 trillion that has been built up over the last several years is a really onerous weight on the economy, and the $1 trillion deficit per year by obama, something like that -- obama has spent more money, added more to the debt than the accumulated presidents of the united...
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i remember ronald reagan being behind in 1980. i think the decisive days of the campaign are in front of us. i think october will be a decisive month. the debates will be critical. we have two job reports between now and the election. we have a crisis in the middle east. that is unpredictable. i think it is volatile and clothes and will go down to the wire. host: but go to calls. new hampshire is a state being targeted by both campaigns. ron is a democrat. caller: hello, mr. cole, it is and honor to speak with the. c-span, also. always a great pleasure. you guys do a great job. you said that president obama did not have a plan. he has been sending plans to congress ever since he has been there. his plans are dead on arrival as soon as they reached congress. this president has not been given four years to fix the economy. he has been given one year and a half. let me ask you this -- what has the majority of the republicans in the congress, what have they done in two and a half years? they cobble together some plans they knew that w
i remember ronald reagan being behind in 1980. i think the decisive days of the campaign are in front of us. i think october will be a decisive month. the debates will be critical. we have two job reports between now and the election. we have a crisis in the middle east. that is unpredictable. i think it is volatile and clothes and will go down to the wire. host: but go to calls. new hampshire is a state being targeted by both campaigns. ron is a democrat. caller: hello, mr. cole, it is and...
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he is a big critic of ronald reagan's. most american conservatives think that was a good presidency. he was dismissive of all the efforts in 1994 and the republican revolution. all these other efforts to try to limit government without doing away with everything that has been done over the last century. he is a pretty big critic of almost everything done by government in the last entry. some people agree with that. i do not. host: let me go to congress and so this headline from the "washington post." and then this week from rick. -- tweet from rick. guest: mr. obama has done a good job of making it seem like it was controlled by the republicans. in the real world of governance, the house is done all right. but in terms of the politics, i am worried that they have sort of made themselves a pretty good punching bag for president obama. some of it is unfair. life is unfair and you have to think about how to deal with it. i think the next year could be interesting on a hill. general consensus is the previous hour, from one of
he is a big critic of ronald reagan's. most american conservatives think that was a good presidency. he was dismissive of all the efforts in 1994 and the republican revolution. all these other efforts to try to limit government without doing away with everything that has been done over the last century. he is a pretty big critic of almost everything done by government in the last entry. some people agree with that. i do not. host: let me go to congress and so this headline from the...
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some of this started before ronald reagan. it started with jimmy carter. there is a bipartisan agreement around some of these. there is an elite in this country. they have a piece of both parties. i think they dominate the republican party. also in the democratic party. people should read a new book by well-respected journalist. he tells the tale of all of this. there is another book called the "winner-take-all politics. --." i do not pretend to be an expert. industry first capital gains break happened in 1978. -- it is true the first capital gains break happened in 1978. we started regulating industries in the 1980's. this started under reagan. we do have a problem. we will only fix it if the middle class gets organized and voices themselves. they need organizations. they need to band together. they need to make people know they want it to be different. the message of our book is if the middle class is struggling, it is not because the economy has not produced income and wealth. it is because there have been economic policies that failed working people th
some of this started before ronald reagan. it started with jimmy carter. there is a bipartisan agreement around some of these. there is an elite in this country. they have a piece of both parties. i think they dominate the republican party. also in the democratic party. people should read a new book by well-respected journalist. he tells the tale of all of this. there is another book called the "winner-take-all politics. --." i do not pretend to be an expert. industry first capital...
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my first election was 1976 and i watched the battle between ronald reagan and gerald ford, and ronald reagan's message resonated because it spoke to the sense of who i was as an individual. it sounded a lot like my mom who talked about going out and making good things happen. i think that is the strength of the party's message if they stayed to it. you do not have to cater to and due out reached to black folks. you need to talk to all people and have a sense of where we want to take the country, why leadership will make a difference, and how they will be better off. back because they're going to create a new government program, -- and not because we are quick to creating new government program, but because we are going to free them up to pursue the american dream. in this election, i think mitt romney can make the argument, not run away from his successes and failures, because veddas part of the american experience. we want people to share that. not say it is better to give you the fish then teach you how to fish or chicken than teach you how to 6 -- -- than teach you how to fish. i t
my first election was 1976 and i watched the battle between ronald reagan and gerald ford, and ronald reagan's message resonated because it spoke to the sense of who i was as an individual. it sounded a lot like my mom who talked about going out and making good things happen. i think that is the strength of the party's message if they stayed to it. you do not have to cater to and due out reached to black folks. you need to talk to all people and have a sense of where we want to take the...
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of course few people remember in 1980 the only debate between ronald reagan and jimmy quarter and next day, reagan opened up to a huge lead and it was a dead heat race. guest: this shows my nerd democrats dom. '80, people thought reagan was ahead and that was not true. this was a very close race until that debate and ronald reagan, the knock had been he was the governor of california, this guy was an actor, was he up to the job and keep soured on carter but they weren't sure, and to ed's point, when you saw them together, reagan looked presidential. what does that mean, it looks like you can lead the country, it looks like you can lead us both domestically and in foreign policy. point to go the '08 debates, one of the things people say, is barack obama going to do a star turn. what did barack obama do? very serious, very careful, but sober of the challenges before him. so it wasn't --o his challenge was people thought he's a rock star, loves the way he does speeches but what does he do, and in the debates he proved he was credible on the economy, foreign policy and ready to be presiden
of course few people remember in 1980 the only debate between ronald reagan and jimmy quarter and next day, reagan opened up to a huge lead and it was a dead heat race. guest: this shows my nerd democrats dom. '80, people thought reagan was ahead and that was not true. this was a very close race until that debate and ronald reagan, the knock had been he was the governor of california, this guy was an actor, was he up to the job and keep soured on carter but they weren't sure, and to ed's point,...
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ronald reagan. i'm not sure that anyone in the repartee today, with the republicans the way they are going after reagan, in a little concern for the future. i see them being pretty much scared of the liberals today. i think people are a little more open minded today. maybe in the next 20 to 30 years, i'm not sure where the republican people will be. i am concerned with their policies going back to the 1950's end of 1960's. we need to move forward as a nation. even now i am a barack obama supporter, i was concerned about him not being there in wisconsin. i was hoping i would see barack rally around the union workers there. i was a little concerned about that. i am supportive of him. i am concerned that if romney does get in office, and you think that will have to do with the super pacs and all the money. i think we should give barack obama for more years -- four more years. i think it will take another few years, maybe four years or five years to get this economy back. host: the president yesterday v
ronald reagan. i'm not sure that anyone in the repartee today, with the republicans the way they are going after reagan, in a little concern for the future. i see them being pretty much scared of the liberals today. i think people are a little more open minded today. maybe in the next 20 to 30 years, i'm not sure where the republican people will be. i am concerned with their policies going back to the 1950's end of 1960's. we need to move forward as a nation. even now i am a barack obama...
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i go back to the beginning of this war, class warfare, instituted by ronald reagan. he shifted the tax burden from the wealthy and corporations, basically my taxes, middle-class taxes, doubled during the reagan administration. along with that, minimum-wage as had been held down for three decades. considering that this money from higher wages would go into the treasury. if people made more, there would be more in the treasury. they are having their cake and eating it as well. the class warfare, the use to be a 70% margin at the time, and it needs to be again. as far as the united states corporations being taxed more than others, we lead the charge and the rest of the world had to be competitive with us. it has left the world in a helluva mess. our answer is to abandon this insane experiment with supply- side economics and go back to a keynesian model, where we can share the wealth and have more taxes paid into the treasury. host: all right. douglas holtz-eakin? guest: first of all, i think it the big difference is between us and the next generation and the fundamental
i go back to the beginning of this war, class warfare, instituted by ronald reagan. he shifted the tax burden from the wealthy and corporations, basically my taxes, middle-class taxes, doubled during the reagan administration. along with that, minimum-wage as had been held down for three decades. considering that this money from higher wages would go into the treasury. if people made more, there would be more in the treasury. they are having their cake and eating it as well. the class warfare,...
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caller: i wanted to point out that ronald reagan was one of the biggest celebrities. someone else just said that. it is nice when a celebrity takes a dime to keeping informed and involved. more power to them. either side. host: this morning to tech headlines -- -- this morning's headlines. if he were to take 39 -- host: he will have momentum -- host: back to your calls. david in san antonio, texas. you are on "washington journal." caller: i used to have an opinion that celebrities have no real place speaking before congress, but having just heard the entire testimony of george clooney and the two men who spoke with him, regarding the situation in sudan and its relationship to door for, i heard what sounded like the kind of testimony a career diplomat or career politician in foreign relations would make. he made it points that i never even considered before. i think if more people listen to what was testified before they made a blanket comment about celebrities, they might change their opinion. host: a couple of e-mails on this question -- i, like every other viewer, h
caller: i wanted to point out that ronald reagan was one of the biggest celebrities. someone else just said that. it is nice when a celebrity takes a dime to keeping informed and involved. more power to them. either side. host: this morning to tech headlines -- -- this morning's headlines. if he were to take 39 -- host: he will have momentum -- host: back to your calls. david in san antonio, texas. you are on "washington journal." caller: i used to have an opinion that celebrities...
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that was tried by ronald reagan. nonsense. what are we continuing with this? the party has to show more empathy. not because i am successful i will think that everybody else is [indiscernible]. my parents instilled in the hard work. also, government systems or programs helped me to get an education. it helped me to be where i am today. host: loou is on the line from waterbury, connecticut -- lou. caller: i am a registered republican, but i have been voting libertarian since the mid-1990's. i agree with everything mitt romney has said. when ronald reagan was president, approximately 29% of the american public got some kind of government assistance. today the number is 49% almost. thomas jefferson said it best. "once public realizes you have treasury, the republic is doomed." you have too many people suc king it up. a politician is robbing peter to pay paul will always have paul's vote. we have to cut the size of the federal government by 90%. we need to abolish social security, medicare, food stamps, these are all social programs. host: the previous caller talk
that was tried by ronald reagan. nonsense. what are we continuing with this? the party has to show more empathy. not because i am successful i will think that everybody else is [indiscernible]. my parents instilled in the hard work. also, government systems or programs helped me to get an education. it helped me to be where i am today. host: loou is on the line from waterbury, connecticut -- lou. caller: i am a registered republican, but i have been voting libertarian since the mid-1990's. i...
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ronald reagan has come up 50 times. no one has asked for his endorsement. guest: he is still not someone that a candidate wants to embrace. there is still bush fatigue out there. house andn the white the president bring him up, he has come back into the conversation a little bit. he is not someone that the party -- the party has not sorted out how they feel about george w. bush. they're still division within the party about that and no one is actively going to be seeking his endorsement. host: in the new york times, maureen dowd. talking about what the president faced with jan brodeur in arizona, and she concludes with one point, the president can be thin skinned but the governor can be that headed. -- fat headed. guest: if you remember that david axelrod memo about his concerns with the president. he worries about what the people think about him. this is a president there reads everything, he digests everything, he did not read the entire book that he read that excerpt, and the meeting that she felt -- that he felt she had mischaracterized. it brought the
ronald reagan has come up 50 times. no one has asked for his endorsement. guest: he is still not someone that a candidate wants to embrace. there is still bush fatigue out there. house andn the white the president bring him up, he has come back into the conversation a little bit. he is not someone that the party -- the party has not sorted out how they feel about george w. bush. they're still division within the party about that and no one is actively going to be seeking his endorsement. host:...
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so, our job in the american conservative union, is to make sure the ronald reagan three legs of the stool are upheld, but we certainly want to listen to all conservatives, their points of view. host: let's look at a story in which our guest al cardenas was recently quoted. it comes from "the hill." saying thatted as the back and forth, the attacks between newt gingrich and mitt romney and the titular, have got to stop. tell us about what you think this is doing right now into the debate and also the candidates future. guest: i feel that way. in fairness to the candidates -- look, the voters have concluded somewhere, some hair -- somehow, that the philosophical differences between our current candidate field are acceptable and they are beginning to look at who will be the best fighter, the one who can take on this president, who they consider to be a very difficult and tough foe. so, that has gotten the campaign to turn a bit more primal, the candidates being more tougher with one another, not only to make a difference in the primary but to show the primary voters who can really stand up t
so, our job in the american conservative union, is to make sure the ronald reagan three legs of the stool are upheld, but we certainly want to listen to all conservatives, their points of view. host: let's look at a story in which our guest al cardenas was recently quoted. it comes from "the hill." saying thatted as the back and forth, the attacks between newt gingrich and mitt romney and the titular, have got to stop. tell us about what you think this is doing right now into the...
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ronald reagan also believed his philosophy was -- could mitt romney or paul ryan pass this test? they could not pass either part of this test. they do not turn over information that the people need to know. i would also like to know, the republicans are always talking about they believe in the rule of law. why is george bush and dick cheney not in prison right now? also, in 2010, the republicans ran on the economy and jobs. we all know that they have blocked the jobs bill that obama has tried to pass. we all know the state of the economy. for us once, shame on us. full of its twice, shame on them. host: this is bob from the republican line. caller: i want to comment on this guy from iowa. it is about telling the truth. host: go ahead. we are listening. caller: he was saying about the republicans not ever telling the truth and all of this and all of that. what about the democrats? what about c-span? how come nobody is ever telling the truth about obama? i never hear anything about obama. believe me, if you ever get on the internet, you will see a lot about obamacare read i have ev
ronald reagan also believed his philosophy was -- could mitt romney or paul ryan pass this test? they could not pass either part of this test. they do not turn over information that the people need to know. i would also like to know, the republicans are always talking about they believe in the rule of law. why is george bush and dick cheney not in prison right now? also, in 2010, the republicans ran on the economy and jobs. we all know that they have blocked the jobs bill that obama has tried...
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you are talking about the debt ceiling, it was raised 12 times under ronald reagan. you people are trying to destroy this economy, because you hate president obama because he's a black man. thank you. guest: there's a lot in that. i don't think the last thing is even worth a comment. that's just not true. relative to debt, this administration has put huge amounts of debt -- president obama had said that he would slash the deficit by a half in his first term. unfortunately, he's more than doubled it, just the opposite of what he said he was going to do. so there's much more debt that's been put on by, unfortunately, this administration than previous administrations. what the gentleman mentioned about chicago right now and the violence that's occurring there and the deaths and shootings, he's absolutely correct. it's been pretty tragic right now. it's something, of course, is a local issue. it's something the city of chicago needs to deal with. but this economy is a very, very rough economy. and this administration made a decision early on when they took over and when
you are talking about the debt ceiling, it was raised 12 times under ronald reagan. you people are trying to destroy this economy, because you hate president obama because he's a black man. thank you. guest: there's a lot in that. i don't think the last thing is even worth a comment. that's just not true. relative to debt, this administration has put huge amounts of debt -- president obama had said that he would slash the deficit by a half in his first term. unfortunately, he's more than...
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reagan said, we get only one employee in the united states government for free. and that's the first lady. you're absolutely right. it's not an elected position. it's not an appointed position and has no statutory authority and also gets no salary that freeze up the first lady to do the kinds of things that they care about and without having any statutory requirements and i think by and large, we can examine the role and see how much of a contribution that they have made to raise the national debate and awareness on issues of concern to everybody in the country. and they have had an impact on a number of issues. frankly, we can't drive down a highway in any state in the united states and not thank lady bird johnson for her efforts for the highway beautification act that her husband signed but it's because of her that we don't have litter on our highways and we didn't pay her to do that. host: michelle has this point on the twitter page. this rosen kerfuffle was a gift to the romney campaign. they made hay from it and now move on to another area. it continues to c
reagan said, we get only one employee in the united states government for free. and that's the first lady. you're absolutely right. it's not an elected position. it's not an appointed position and has no statutory authority and also gets no salary that freeze up the first lady to do the kinds of things that they care about and without having any statutory requirements and i think by and large, we can examine the role and see how much of a contribution that they have made to raise the national...
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ronald reagan stood for less government, lower taxes, and less spending. he fought for that. the idea that because he did not win every fight that somehow he was not committed to his principles is suggesting that george washington did not want to win the revolutionary war because he lost a battle. bought reagan had a democratic house, a republican senate which did not agree with him. today, the moderate republican party is the party that reagan created. reagan is the voice and the leadership of less taxes, less regulation, more freedom, strong national defense, and less overspending. the idea that reagan would be out of sync of the party molded in his image is to dismiss the last years of american history. host: here is a tweet that was put out by jeb bush yesterday. calls.et some we will keep talking about this. minnesota, good morning. caller: good morning. i am 29 years old with four children. i cannot pay my bills. i think i have a revenue problem. what do you think? thank you. guest: you make the point that washington is spending too much money. obama came into office an
ronald reagan stood for less government, lower taxes, and less spending. he fought for that. the idea that because he did not win every fight that somehow he was not committed to his principles is suggesting that george washington did not want to win the revolutionary war because he lost a battle. bought reagan had a democratic house, a republican senate which did not agree with him. today, the moderate republican party is the party that reagan created. reagan is the voice and the leadership of...
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he wanted to share equally in the presidency with ronald reagan. they could not come to terms. reagan chose george h. w. bush. that was a real turning point in history. if george h. w. bush does not give the vice presidency in 1980, he is just a footnote in history. host: doom uc conventions surviving another 50 years -- do you see mentions surviving another 50 years? guest: not in their current form. i could see evolving into a podcast. i think it is on its last legs. i think the ratings reflect that. i think you can get more eyeballs with "american idol" menu wealthy democratic or republican national convention. host: what is your favorite convention in history? guest: that is a tough one. in terms of sheer drama and excitement, the 1968 convention in chicago. you saw everyone unbridled, the anger and tension of that year in american history. you had richard daley screaming at abraham from connecticut in the middle of the broadcast. outside, protesters of the vietnam war were being beaten by chicago police. that was the conviction that is the most memorable. in terms of inspi
he wanted to share equally in the presidency with ronald reagan. they could not come to terms. reagan chose george h. w. bush. that was a real turning point in history. if george h. w. bush does not give the vice presidency in 1980, he is just a footnote in history. host: doom uc conventions surviving another 50 years -- do you see mentions surviving another 50 years? guest: not in their current form. i could see evolving into a podcast. i think it is on its last legs. i think the ratings...
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i was in ohio in september and cover the ronald reagan dinner. went to ohio and came back and said rick santorum. we covered the primary process all the way through. we continue with a very good political team. we have an excellent white house correspondent. the teams are terrific. we have great teams. we are drawing up plans going forward. obviously we will be at the convention. we expect to have a well-known name in american television to be one of the key in the list. we will be in tampa. we will be in north carolina, and we will cover all the way to the elections itself. it will be slightly different. we're not just interested in the process as a lot of networks are. not just about the opinion polls of who was up and down and what that means. we will also look at the real issue. we will look at the economy, education and foreign affairs, because that is very important for our audience as well. we will do that over the course of the next few months. we will do it again on a fourth of july. i will be in virginia. what makes a swing state? how y
i was in ohio in september and cover the ronald reagan dinner. went to ohio and came back and said rick santorum. we covered the primary process all the way through. we continue with a very good political team. we have an excellent white house correspondent. the teams are terrific. we have great teams. we are drawing up plans going forward. obviously we will be at the convention. we expect to have a well-known name in american television to be one of the key in the list. we will be in tampa. we...
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they held all the way to the election when ronald reagan was elected. then they let the prisoners go. face. in the democrats' this in the seat now will be in the same predicament with the shiite controlled government has backed iran. host: i will leave it there and get a response from missy ruan. guest: it is also a coalition government with sunni members. the vice president has been charged with running death squads. there is -- it illustrates the lingering sectarian tension, as the tension within iraq -- ethnic tension within iraq and the government. no one can predict what the security threats might be for american personnel within the embassy. the government goes to great lengths to do as much as they can to keep the diplomats say. part of what they do is prohibit the diplomats from leaving the compound much. in some ways, that makes it a challenging assignment. that is what i hear from people who serve there. chuck, ans hear from independent caller from new york. caller: i want to ask her if she really thinks an embassy like this is needed. 95% of
they held all the way to the election when ronald reagan was elected. then they let the prisoners go. face. in the democrats' this in the seat now will be in the same predicament with the shiite controlled government has backed iran. host: i will leave it there and get a response from missy ruan. guest: it is also a coalition government with sunni members. the vice president has been charged with running death squads. there is -- it illustrates the lingering sectarian tension, as the tension...
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it started back with ronald reagan and moved on through. less and less money has gone up through to help people. there are people out there that are in terrible condition and terrible need of health and there are no funds. the medications used benefits the drug company but not the individuals. mental health in texas has gone down. we are 50th in the nation. there are people dying because they're not getting proper medication. we wonder why they end up killing our children or hurting us. host: you were an educator in texas. did you feel safe in the schools? caller: at times, yes. at times, no. please do not redirect me. the bottom line is it is not safe and schools, it is getting the proper programs for the mentally ill. we have no funds. the republican party -- i voted republican before -- has cut the funds for mental health. it is horrible. host: we will move on to harold in arizona. caller: i want to compliment you on an excellent program. it is coming late after columbine. there should have been a national task force to deal with this pr
it started back with ronald reagan and moved on through. less and less money has gone up through to help people. there are people out there that are in terrible condition and terrible need of health and there are no funds. the medications used benefits the drug company but not the individuals. mental health in texas has gone down. we are 50th in the nation. there are people dying because they're not getting proper medication. we wonder why they end up killing our children or hurting us. host:...
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we had a welfare queen created by ronald reagan, newt gingrich decided he would create a stamp queen. that is what he did. the fact of the matter is, nobody wants to be on food stamps. clyburn es yesterday on "washington journal." speaking of money, the speaker to weeded out this yesterday, amazing 24 hours. -- tweeted this -- then the wall street journal had this, mr. romney still holds the financial advantage. the governor plans to raise as much as 10 million ahead of the florida primary. it has created many of the national fund traders -- fund- raisers that worked for rick perry before he dropped out last week. money could be more informed than ever after it appears the republican nominee could be contested for several additional months. in addition to funding television from advertisements, and several expensive media markets, they will need to pay for private air fare to house campaigns around the state. he said over the past 24 hours, 1 million raised. and want to hear from you how your governor is handling the economy. and caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. and if
we had a welfare queen created by ronald reagan, newt gingrich decided he would create a stamp queen. that is what he did. the fact of the matter is, nobody wants to be on food stamps. clyburn es yesterday on "washington journal." speaking of money, the speaker to weeded out this yesterday, amazing 24 hours. -- tweeted this -- then the wall street journal had this, mr. romney still holds the financial advantage. the governor plans to raise as much as 10 million ahead of the florida...
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i say that because we have been trying to negotiate this cents ronald reagan. and if we had any influence with the arab-speaking population, we basically would have succeeded by now. the reality is, for half of the countries, we are nothing more than ana tm, and the other half, -- we are nothing more nothingan atm and for the others we are nothing more than an antagonist. it is not something we discuss in the news. therefore, all it is is people attacking israel. it is not i believe what the underlying theme is for the muslim population. and that is to regain glory of the old muslim empire. host: any sense that the united states involvement over the decades, any sense that the united states had a positive impact and things could have been worst? caller: no. of all of the countries there, with the exception of jordan, no country really allows us to influence them. host: a tweet from gary, he says our role in the middle east should be non. israel takes care of its own. not our business. let us go to steve, fla., on our line for independents. caller: i wish more a
i say that because we have been trying to negotiate this cents ronald reagan. and if we had any influence with the arab-speaking population, we basically would have succeeded by now. the reality is, for half of the countries, we are nothing more than ana tm, and the other half, -- we are nothing more nothingan atm and for the others we are nothing more than an antagonist. it is not something we discuss in the news. therefore, all it is is people attacking israel. it is not i believe what the...
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they believe in ronald reagan's trickle down theory and everything about going to war. you look at iran. iraq was there also. but it's something we went in there illegally because there was nothing that was done. they had nothing to do with 9/11. but they wanted to make you believe that's the reason why. you consider all of the candidates, no matter how they spin it, no matter what the rhetoric is coming from, they all think the same way, just remember george bush and dick cheney. these guys will pull them every time. nobody wants to consider that. if you think about george bush, it never gets mentioned, none of this stuff. never mention his name. going to run for -- going to run for office. and george bush -- >> glen, thank you for calling. a reflection via twitter this morning of all of the folks that were up there, one of them is going to be president, according to this viewer. one thing i'm confident of, last night, we heard from the president to be elected in november. here's the front page of the boston sunday globe. of course, not far from the action in new hamps
they believe in ronald reagan's trickle down theory and everything about going to war. you look at iran. iraq was there also. but it's something we went in there illegally because there was nothing that was done. they had nothing to do with 9/11. but they wanted to make you believe that's the reason why. you consider all of the candidates, no matter how they spin it, no matter what the rhetoric is coming from, they all think the same way, just remember george bush and dick cheney. these guys...
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reagan. he makes this comment, the serious point here is that the term small business casts a very wide net. indeed, since the only test for being a small business under the legislation, as my good friend proposes, is the number of employees. the ultimate beneficiary of the republican bill will be some large and profitable businesses that just happen to have few employees. . what is my friends response to that? mr. sessions: thank you for yielding me the time and i hope my substance that i provide back is of great measure to the gentleman's request. first off, i want to say i know bruce bartlett. i had a chance to work with bruce bartlett when i worked for the national center of policy and analysis. mr. bartlett was a regular contributor, not just for the ncpa, but of economic terms. i completely agree with mr. bartlett that there are many out there who have successful businesses. our point is we want them all to grow. successful business is able to hire new people. unsuccessful businesses st
reagan. he makes this comment, the serious point here is that the term small business casts a very wide net. indeed, since the only test for being a small business under the legislation, as my good friend proposes, is the number of employees. the ultimate beneficiary of the republican bill will be some large and profitable businesses that just happen to have few employees. . what is my friends response to that? mr. sessions: thank you for yielding me the time and i hope my substance that i...
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that is ronald reagan. the others had to have the party move towards of them. this is the first time we've seen a republican candidates, in a long time, move towards a more conservative republican party. that is probably good for the party and mitt romney's chances in november. host: this story this week -- what do you think canada and mitt romney needs to do to secure conservative support as he heads into the november election? guest: he has done that in a lot of ways with the foreign policy trip, and not just with republican jews, which is a small number, but with conservatives as well. to see mitt romney embrace israel and the ideals israel and bodies, it has done him -- embodies, it has done him. -- it has done him a lot of good. that could really take all of these concerns about whether or not mitt romney is conservative enough, if he could convince conservative voters in the party to support him. if there is a vice presidential candidate that gets everyone excited in the base, that could be a in game changer, to use a cliche. it will really depend on that
that is ronald reagan. the others had to have the party move towards of them. this is the first time we've seen a republican candidates, in a long time, move towards a more conservative republican party. that is probably good for the party and mitt romney's chances in november. host: this story this week -- what do you think canada and mitt romney needs to do to secure conservative support as he heads into the november election? guest: he has done that in a lot of ways with the foreign policy...
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in 1980 after ronald reagan had been elected and defeated jimmy carter, there was a coming together on the alaska lands bill. that was passed during a lame- duck session in part because the election suggested that this was the best they were going to get on the issue. sometimes elections forced one side to adjust its positions. host: some critics of the senate point to what has become essentially an automatic filibuster and a 60 vote threshold needed for any legislation to move forward. there's been discussion about filibuster reform. bring us up to speed on when the current system became currency? guest: 1975 the filibuster was changed from two thirds to three fifth with the idea it would make it easier to stop a filibuster. what it did was to make it more likely majority leaders would file cloture motions stand minority leaders would look for 41 votes to stop them. that tactic has been increasing steadily, particularly starting in the late-1980s. it has increased to the point where there's a cloture vote on every motion to proceed. 60 votes, started out as a reform, has now become se
in 1980 after ronald reagan had been elected and defeated jimmy carter, there was a coming together on the alaska lands bill. that was passed during a lame- duck session in part because the election suggested that this was the best they were going to get on the issue. sometimes elections forced one side to adjust its positions. host: some critics of the senate point to what has become essentially an automatic filibuster and a 60 vote threshold needed for any legislation to move forward. there's...
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guest: well, ronald reagan was never a businessman, either, and lost to republicans -- and lots of republicans think he did a good job with the economy. i don't think that's the sole qualifier. the fact of the matter is the economy is not in great shape, the president was handed the keys to the worst economy in generations and we are seeing some signs of improvement, we are seeing some actions that have started to help turn things around. it's not where everybody wants it to be. the question people have, really, is over the next four years, what is the choice that we want, do we want an economy geared towards helping the middle class, do we want an economy geared towards helping the wealthiest, the multi-national corporations, and that's the choice that the president is putting in front of people, and i think it's a choice that we're going to be facing. guest: -- host: sasha says romney will spend after he is nominated. this republican convention is late. last week of august. democratic convention in early september. guest: right. host: does it help or hurt when it comes to momentum and also t
guest: well, ronald reagan was never a businessman, either, and lost to republicans -- and lots of republicans think he did a good job with the economy. i don't think that's the sole qualifier. the fact of the matter is the economy is not in great shape, the president was handed the keys to the worst economy in generations and we are seeing some signs of improvement, we are seeing some actions that have started to help turn things around. it's not where everybody wants it to be. the question...